Children's Fiction Girls & Women
Miracle at Willowcreek
- Publisher
- Three O'Clock Press
- Initial publish date
- Jun 2005
- Category
- Girls & Women
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781927513071
- Publish Date
- Jun 2005
- List Price
- $5.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781894549479
- Publish Date
- Jan 2005
- List Price
- $10.95
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Recommended Age, Grade, and Reading Levels
- Age: 17 to 18
- Grade: 12
Description
From her beloved grandmother, Tess developed a great love for sandhill cranes, who live in the marsh near her new home. Then she learns that her uncle is supporting a plan to turn their sanctuary into a golf course.Things become even more complicated when the marsh's infamous ghost appears. When Tess and her friends encounter a wonderful bird woman who is passionate about protecting the environment, adventure and the struggle to protect the cranes quickly coincide. This captivating novel for readers twelve and under will enthrall and enlighten.
About the author
ANNETTE LEBOX is a poet and an environmental activist who divides her time between Maple Ridge, British Columbia, and a remote cabin in the Cariboo grasslands. She has won the BC Book Prize for illustrated children’s literature twice: for Salmon Creek, illustrated by Karen Reczuch, and for Peace Is an Offering, illustrated by Stephanie Graegin, which was also selected for Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library. She is also the author of the YA novel Circle of Cranes.
